David Viars is the Line Developer for the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero. As this post goes live Interface Zero 2.0 is rocking it on Kickstarter and the game is expanding before our eyes. Geek Native grabbed time from David for a catch up and questions. We talk about cyberpunk, Savage Worlds, the balance between systems […]
Chronicle City appoints “Grim” James Desborough
James Desborough has some experience with controversy. Geek Native interviewed Grim during a firestorm of protests. A petition had been set up to urge Mongoose Publishing to drop him from their roster for misogynistic views. The claim was denied, passions and tempers rose, arguments flooded into RPG forums and no one will thank me for […]
Exclusive insight into the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero 2.0
In January Gun Metal Games launched a Kickstarter for Interface Zero. This is a full metal cyberpunk RPG. Geek Native was able to grab David Jarvis of Gun Metal Games, ask some questions about the project and secure some previews of the game’s fantastic art. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821979583/interface-zero-20-full-metal-cyberpunk/ [Back this Game] There’s a lot of excitement around […]
Interface Zero 2.0: Full Metal Cyberpunk kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Interface Zero 2.0 launched with lots of buzz. We’re a day or so into the Kickstarter campaign and the $10,000 goal has already been met. Gun Metal Games and David Jarvis have raised $16,200 with 240 backers and more than 40 days to go. They’ve two backers at the $350+ mark too. […]
Dicing with Design
This guest post is written by Joe Prince, owner of Prince of Darkness Games and author of Eternal Contenders, due out in print this year via Chronicle City. Eternal Contenders is a GM-free game, that puts the characters in the role of gladiators and was a nominee in the UK Games Expo. Joe is known […]
Win a copy of The Wyld Hunt
In November Geek Native carried the news of Angus Abranson’s Chronicle City finding a sister publisher in Delta14. Delta14 will specialise in sci-fi, fantasy and RPG cross-overs. Peter Cakebread, author of the RPGs Clockwork & Chivalry and Airship Pirates, is on board with the project but the first author to publish with Delta14 is Gobion […]
Lifting the veil on Delta14 with Angus Abranson and Gobion Rowlands
Angus Abranson is the founder of Chronicle City, a company that helps RPG authors and publishers bring their books to market. Gobion Rowlands is a 15 year veteran of the videogames industry and an author who, writing as Gunnar Roxen, wrote the futuristic detective thriller The Wyld Hunt and the, soon-to-be released, Firestorm Conspiracy. Tomorrow, […]
Eldritch Skies Design essay
Eldritch Skies is a Lovecraftian sci-fi RPG from Battlefield Press. The game is written by John Snead and is set in 2030. The post below is a design essay from the game’s creator. The seed for this project originated in a discussion on RPG.net back in 2006. Science fiction is my favorite genre in which […]
An interview with Paul Elliott of 43AD
Paul Elliott of Zozer Games is responsible for a number of Traveller products like Outpost Mars, the Vietnam roleplaying game GRUNT and more recently 43AD. At the start of the month, Geek Native posted a look inside the game to reveal Roman soldiers, the grim life of the native Britons, druids and ancient horrors. Paul […]
The Kickstarter launch: UK publishers and authors respond
Kickstarter is the most widely recognised crowdfunding site in the world and, this week, it announced UK launch dates. Publishers can create projects already but cannot begin funding campaigns until Halloween. It’s worth, just briefly, considering why this is so important for gamers. Kickstarter makes possible roleplaying games, books and miniatures that would otherwise have […]
